Free Antivirus

This is a discussion on Free Antivirus within the Tech Board forums, part of the Community Boards category; I have tried a few of the free antivirus programs, and now have two questions:
Whats the best Free (windows/linux)?
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Yea i was using that but it kept flagging a file that wasnt even infeted and giving me hassles...im more than willing to "buy" a non-free one if anyone has any suggestions...also, are there any good free linux ones?

Does anyone use AVG from Grisoft on a domestic lan, (on a single computer connected to the net via a router)? I was reading their system requirements and it said it will not work in such an environment, but I couldn't really see why.

no norton!

dude, don't use norton
I've ALWAYS had problems with it...decreased performance, longer laod times, bogus virii. In xp, the auto update won't install while norton is running, many installation programs that use the windows installer just hang forever. I do like the firewall and adblock, but it's just not worth it. Don't waste your money, just be careful and use spybot s'n'd.

Detailed understanding of language features - even of all features of a language - cannot compensate for lack of an overall view of the language and the fundamental techniques for using it. - Bjarne Stroustrup

I had McAffee until a couple of days ago. Suddenly, it slowed
down my system like hell!!! I don't know if this happens to
everyone but it sure did happen to me. It took 99% of my
resources a couple of days ago and I couldn't do $$$$!!!

I tried to boot up in safe mode at least 30-40 times but
the god damn mcshield.exe still gets into the memory. I
finally had to delete files directly from the folder because
it doesn't let me uninstall. I first deleted those files that
weren't being used by windows and then slowly deleted the
rest by booting the system several times. Horrible experience!!!
Just imagine booting the systems SEVERAL times and not
being able to see the desktop but just the stupid hourglass
right on the face!!! I somehow managed by booting it
in safe mode with different options... it was hell.

I just realised my Univ. provides Norton Antivirus for free.
So I installed it and so far I had no problem with it and I feel
it is a lot faster now.